This thread is about Cain's 9-9-9 plan. It will never get off the ground as others have said because politicians need money. Both Democrats and Republicans have been playing this game of we need to reduce spending. Well this chart appeared in todays's Wall Street Journal:

Year Recipts Outlays Deficits Deficit as a share
of GDP

2007 $2,568 $2,729 $161 1.2%
2008 2,524 2,983 459 3.2
2009 2,104 3,520 1,416 10.0
2010 2,162 3,456 1,294 8.9
2011 2,303 3,600 1,298 8.6

Billions in $
Congressional BudgetOffice

How can obsessive spending pols ever agree to anything that doesn't guarantee them broad access to taxpayers money along with the ability to contiue to raise the rates.